oiketes denotes a person under a master’s authority, addressed in service or viewed in relation to that master.

The occurrences consistently place the term within a master-and-servant relationship: people submit to masters, are called from a household setting, cannot serve two masters, or stand and fall before their own master.

1. Person under a master’s authority · dominant

   In 1 Peter 2:18, the nominative plural identifies those instructed to submit to masters; in Acts 10:7, the genitive plural occurs among the people called by the man addressed. The singular forms likewise mark a person defined by service to a master: in Luke 16:13 the APB renders the clause "No slave is able to serve two lords," and in Romans 14:4 it renders "another's servant" who stands or falls before his own lord.

   1 Peter 2:18Acts 10:7Luke 16:13Romans 14:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "Servants," "servants," "slave," and "servant" across these verses. These renderings confirm the master-servant setting rather than establish separate meanings.